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title: "Download and setup"
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url: "https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/geneos/7.11.0/visualization/active-console/download-and-setup/index.html"
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## Overview

This page outlines the procedures to download and set up Active Console. Also, this covers the information on how to connect to other Geneos components.

## Download binaries

 In order to use **Active Console**:
 
 1. To download the binaries, go to **Resources > Downloads > [Active Console 2](https://resources.itrsgroup.com/downloads)**.
 2. To view the list of supported operating systems, see [System Requirements](https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/geneos/7.11.0/visualization/active-console/system-requirements/index.html).
 3. Unzip the file in your local machine.
 4. Open `ActiveConsole.exe`.
 5. Select **Create a new workspace** on the **Select Workspace** screen.
 6. Click **OK**.
 
 Success:  You can now access the Active Console. From here, you can start to connect to Gateways and configure your own dashboards.  


 The Active Console does not support cross-platform functions and operations. Importing components, such as dashboards, workspaces, list view settings, customised dataviews, and dockables, from one supported platform to another, may be successful at first. However, the import is not expected to work properly.

## Connect to a Gateway

 In order to connect to Gateway, follow these steps:
 
 1. Go to **Active Console > Workspace settings > Connections**.
 2. Click the **Add** button in the **Connections** group.
 3. Provide the hostname and port of the Gateway.
 4. Click **Apply**, and then click **OK**.
 5. Double-click the Gateway to open **Gateway Setup Editor** (GSE).
 
 Success: The Gateway now appears in the Gateways dockable.
 For more information on Gateway connection properties, see [Gateways Dockable](https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/geneos/7.11.0/visualization/active-console/view-customization/gateways-dockable/index.html).

## Connect to a Gateway Hub

 This procedure only details the **Gateway Hub** setup process in Active Console:
 
 1. To connect to a Gateway Hub, go to **Active Console> Workspace settings > Gateway Hub**.
 2. In the **Manual Gateway Hub Entries** group, click **Add**.
 3. Provide the name of your **Gateway Hub** connection in the **Connection Name** field.
 4. Verify that the **Rest Service URL** is configured.
 5. Click **Apply**, and then click **OK**.

 
**Note**

 Ensure the Gateway addresses and hostnames are added to the `/etc/hosts` file of your Gateway machine. This includes the set up of schemas for dataview in the sampler for **Publishing**. 


For more information, see [Gateway Hub](https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/geneos/7.11.0/docs/geneos-gateway-hub/current/index.html).